Post by Dhu on Gatehttps://www.theguardian.com/membership/2017/dec/03/how-scotland-reduced-knife-deaths-among-young-peopleWe started to talk to offenders and ex-offenders and to challenge behavioursand the culture of violence, says McVie.'I'd propose that such an approach would be effective against other forms ofdomestic violence as well.Dhu

I believe you are right. What a new approach to reducing violence.Sure as hell beats Harpers get tough on crime crap he brought into lawin Canada.

Post by Cafe RacerPoverty causes shame, which inculcates inferiority, which causes anger, which leads to attacking other poor people.Glasgow used to be very scary. It used to be said that the only person who could walk unharmed throug the Gorbals was be a Glasgow fireman in uniform.I have noticed that wealthy healthy well-housed people do not commit knife crimes; could that be a clue, I wonder?

The physical circumstances of the populace of Scotland haven't changedmuch since the clearances: the place is owned by wealthy Landlordsstealing what they can from the tenants. When I was there 40 yearsago the most violent behaviour towards me was by people in fancy carstrying to run me over on the side of the road because I "looked American".

Post by Dhu on GateThe physical circumstances of the populace of Scotland haven't changedmuch since the clearances.

Basil Buntinhg's bitter poem about that:

The ploughland has gone to bentand the pasture to heather;gi'n the goodwife stint,she’ll keep the house together.

Gi'n the goodwife stintand the bairns hungerthe Duke can get his rentone year longer.

The Duke can get his rentand we can get our tickettwa pund emigranton a C.P.R. packet.

Someone quoted a crofter thrown off his tenancy in favour of heather and grouse for shooting, during the Napoleonic wars. His Duke was recruiting, and the evicted man said "Maybe he can get his grouse to fight Napoleon."